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Thecandymancan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

quotes in quotes

When you end a sentence with a quote that quotes a quote, does the single quote (') go first or last?

e.g. "He said, 'She is sexy.'"

I have seen it done both ways!
  

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I don't know that rule, but I bet single quotes must be inside. For aesthetic reasons.

— Ant_222

  • I don't know that rule, but I bet single quotes must be inside.
  • For aesthetic reasons.
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I don't know that rule, but I bet single quotes must be inside. For aesthetic reasons.
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"He said, 'She is ****'."

 "He said, 'She is ****!'."

 "He said, 'She is ****?'."
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Single quotes must always be inside.
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ThecandymancanWhen you end a sentence with a quote that quotes a quote, does the single quote (') go first or last?

e.g. "He said, 'She is ****.'" ( In BrE, this would be the correct punctuation.)

I have seen it done both ways!
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Hi Yoong,

I guess that people in Singapore use BrE.
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I attended my university in the UK and took courses in Academic English. They taught us that in BrE single quotes are generally used:

ORIGINAL:
Brown (1999:24) This is the most exciting and diverse culture I have ever come to know.
QUOTATION:
As Brown (1999:24) argues, 'this is the most exciting and diverse culture' one could ever meet.

What if Brown
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Neeraj JainHi Yoong,

I guess that people in Singapore use BrE.
You are right. Where do you live, Jain?
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Yoong Liat
ThecandymancanWhen you end a sentence with a quote that quotes a quote, does the single quote (') go first or last?

e.g. "He said, 'She is ****.'" ( In BrE, this would be the correct punctuation.)

I have seen it done both ways!
With due respect this is not so.

The punctua
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Neeraj JainI live in India.
Thanks, Jain. I presume you are student. Am I right?
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